News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
Where do we see our world in 2050?
17.05.19- New Publications
What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends,…
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IITA hosts Australia Awards symposium on irrigation and water resource management
16.05.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Irrigation specialists from Australia, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria gathered for a symposium at II…
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
14.05.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Nutrition
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Study endorses processing of biofortified sweetpotato-based baby food in reducing malnutrition
10.05.19- Nutrition
Scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) have welcomed a recent study supporting the comm…
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019: Conflict, climate, and economic shocks keep acute hunger levels above 100 million
07.05.19- Climate
- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
With only a slight fall in the number of people facing acute levels of hunger…
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Study: India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has positive impact on participants’ welfare
06.05.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Nutrition
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works prog…
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News from the Centers and Programs
Vietnam can reduce emissions and save $2.3 billion with changes in agriculture and land usev
24.05.19Through cost-saving practices for coffee, rice, maize, and livestock production, Vietnam can increas…
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In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?
23.05.19- Biodiversity
Wednesday, 22 May, is the International Day for Biological Diversity, and following the damning IPBE…
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FoodSTART+ Shares Journey on Gender: Rethinking and Working for Better Balance
23.05.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Nutrition
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Potato Center’s (CIP) FoodSTART+ project has come a long way in ensuring gender…
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Seeing the forest, not just the trees
22.05.19Nature-based solutions such as ecosystem restoration will play an indispensable role in addressing c…
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G20 agriculture ministers agree to cooperate on promoting digital technologies for more efficient food systems
22.05.19- innovation
- technology
At their May 11-12 meeting in Niigata, Japan, G20 agriculture ministers agreed to cooperate in prom…
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Tracing maize landraces, 50 years later
22.05.19- Biodiversity
- landraces
The fascinating diversity of maize in Mexico is rooted in its cultural and biological legacy…
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